Where do earthquakes happen, how strong are they, and why do they occur? This resource from Natural Resources Canada includes background information, presentations, a variety of activities and assessment ideas to be included in a comprehensive lesson or series of lessons on earthquakes and plate tectonics. The resource highlights current events such as recent earthquakes in Haiti and Japan.
Contributed by: Jane Wynne, Natural Resources Canada (BCScTA Catalyst 2011 Conference Presenter)

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In this activity, students can recognize the similarities for each type of chemical reaction, and how one type of reaction differs from another reaction.

Subject

Science

Chemistry

Revised Curriculum

Keywords

chemical reactions

chemistry

types of reaction

BCScTA

Learning Standards

BC Chemistry 11 (2006)
D1 - explain chemical reactions in terms of the rearrangement of the atoms as bonds are broken and new bonds are formed
BC Science 10 (2008)
C4 - analyse chemical reactions, including reference to conservation of mass and rate of reaction

Language

English

Date Created

Jun 17, 2016

Teachers’ Association
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Author: Victor Pong
Originally shared as part of a BCScTA Idea Exchange
Momentum Fall 2003 Vol. 5 No. 1 www.bctf.ca/BCScTA/ page 25
This activity was contributed by Victor Pong of Moscrop Secondary School in Burnaby to the 2003 Catalyst

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In this activity, students get to research and write a news article about a viral disease outbreak. The assignment could be cross-curricular with English Language Arts and Social Studies.

Subject

Cross-Curricular

English Language Arts

Science

Biology

Social Studies

Revised Curriculum

Keywords

virus

newspaper

micro-organism

BCScTA

classification

epidemic

pandemic

Learning Standards

BC Science 8 (2016)
The relationship of micro-organisms with living things: impacts of epidemics and pandemics on human populations
BC Biology 11 (2006)
E1 evaluate the evidence used to classify viruses as living or non-living
E2 evaluate the effects of viruses on human health

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This text is illustrated with graphs, photos and cites the work of hundreds of scientists and organizations such as the IPCC, NASA, Environment Canada, Royal Society of Canada, and Natural Resources Canada, to name a few. My resource is an update on the science of climate change, extreme weather and reducing greenhouse gas emissions with frequent reference to Canada and in particular British Columbia. Global impacts, mitigation and adaptation are explained throughout the text.
My four years of research cites reputable journals, national and international organizations and the media. Research covers climate change from the Arctic to the Antarctic, projection of climate change, how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, El Nino/La Nina, extreme weather, renewables, the oil sands and transport of bitumen, and Canada's contribution at the UN COP meetings. This book is meant as my gift to our youths to make wise decisions about their future.
**Revised edition uploaded January 2018.

Subject

Applied Skills

Information Technology

Cross-Curricular

Aboriginal Education

Social Justice

Teaching Strategies

Research

Curriculum

Learning

Science

Biology

Earth Science

Social Studies

Geography

Law

Revised Curriculum

Environmental Science

Keywords

projecting climate

BC climate initiatives

Kyoto to Paris

Pipelines

Global temperature

Deniers of climate change

renewables

hydrogen and electric cars

Learning Standards

Environmental and Climate Change with curriculum concepts in the Sciences and Social Studies.

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